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Captains Bay wind
Captains Bay is a land weather station. Readings from NOAA NDBC.
Latest observation
Now 2 kn from WSW (240°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC (Wednesday 4 Nov 12:12 Etc/GMT+11). Air 4°C. 994 hPa.
The last 24 hours
24 h: mean 5 kn, 90 readings, gust 28 kn, peak mean 12 kn, mostly SSW (202°).
The last 7 days
Over the last 7 days Captains Bay reported 685 readings, mean 8 kn, strongest mean wind 27 kn, strongest gust 57 kn, mostly from S (185°).
What it reports
Captains Bay reports wind speed, gusts, wind direction, air temperature and sea-level pressure, hourly.
Recent readings
- 2026-11-04 23:12 UTC: 2 kn from WSW (240°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-04 22:52 UTC: 5 kn from S (170°), gust 9 kn
- 2026-11-04 21:52 UTC: 4 kn from S (180°), gust 7 kn
- 2026-11-04 20:52 UTC: 4 kn from WSW (240°), gust 6 kn
- 2026-11-04 19:32 UTC: 3 kn from SSW (200°), gust 5 kn
- 2026-11-04 18:52 UTC: 6 kn from SW (230°), gust 9 kn
- 2026-11-04 17:52 UTC: 1 kn from WNW (300°), gust 3 kn
- 2026-11-04 16:52 UTC: 3 kn from S (170°), gust 5 kn
Position 53.843, -166.583; exposure coastal. Captains Bay is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.
Forecast against this station
Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Captains Bay: 3.9 kn on average across 47 hourly comparisons.
Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Captains Bay: 4.0 kn on average across 47 hourly comparisons.
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